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Stop Scapegoating Donald Trump
The president didn’t get us into this mess on his own— he had enablers at every turn
It is now more or less official to say Donald Trump will not be serving a second term as president of the United States. Sweeping a shambling, defeated loser off the stage to jeers and boos is cathartic, and Trump deserves every measure of the ridicule and shame being heaped on him. He is a thoroughly odious human being, dishonest to the core — a nasty bully, whose chaotic presidency was driven by a deep-seated compulsion to cause torment. He should live the rest of his life in utter disgrace.
Trump is already being scapegoated for all of America’s problems. But we must remember that one man couldn’t have caused all this damage. He had enablers at every turn. Now that it’s clear the ship is sinking, all the rats are leaping off and seeking safety.
On Thursday night, instead of faithfully broadcasting a Trump lie-athon, America’s liberal cable news media finally cut away from the president when he tried to sell his coup. They refused to give him access to their platforms and debunked the untruths in real-time. It seemed easy for them to do. It should have been just as easy when candidate Trump emerged. Instead, much of America’s establishment media breathlessly reported every inflammatory word and even…
